Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, a British multinational investment bank and financial services company.
Acronym formed from the original name established in 1865 in Hong Kong to finance trade between Europe and Asia. The bank was founded to serve the growing trade in opium and other goods between China and British territories.
HSBC's headquarters in Hong Kong was built according to feng shui principles, including lion statues that face different directions to ward off evil spirits from land and sea. The building was also designed without internal supporting columns on the ground floor to allow positive energy to flow freely underneath.
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